Official names of the Soviet Union

The official names of the Soviet Union, officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, in the languages of the Soviet Republics (presented in the constitutional order) and other languages of the USSR, were as follows.

Official republic-level languages Language Abbreviation Full name Short nameRussian()(; BGN/PCGN)(; Scientific) (; BGN/PCGN)(; Scientific)Ukrainian()(; BGN/PCGN)(; Scientific)(; BGN/PCGN)(; Scientific)Belarusian()(; BGN/PGCN)(; Łacinka)(; BGN/PGCN)(; Łacinka)Uzbek()()()Kazakh()() ()Georgian()() ()Azerbaijani()()()LithuanianMoldavian()()()LatvianKirghiz()() ()Tajik ()()()Armenian()()()Turkmen()()()Estonian

Official minority languages

Language Abbreviation Full name Short nameAdyghe ()ArabicDagestan ASSR ()Avar ()Bashkir ()Buryat ()Chechen ()Chuvash ()Crimean Tatar () Dungan (; ) ()Erzya ()Even ()FinnishKarelian ASSRGermanVolga German ASSRGreekPontic Greeks and Mariupol Greeks ()Ingush ()Kabardian ()Karelian (Proper)Khakas ()Komi ()Kumyk ()Mari ()Mongolian ()Moksha ()Ossetian ()PolishRomanianTatar ()Tuvan ()Udmurt ()Yakut ()SakhaTyla.Ru - Русско-Якутский, Якутско-Русский СловарьYiddish (before 1961)()

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